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{{Short description|1980 nonfiction book by Lawrence A. Cremin}}
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| name = American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876
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| author = [[Lawrence A. Cremin]]
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| publisher = [[Harper and& Row]]
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| pub_date = 1980
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| pages = 607
| awards = [[Pulitzer Prize for History]]
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'''''American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876''''' is a 1980 nonfiction book by American historian [[Lawrence A. Cremin]], published by [[Harper and& Row]]. The book is the second volume in Cremin's trilogy on U.S.US schools throughout the nation's history. In 1981, the book won the [[Pulitzer Prize for History]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1145999.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120060650/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1145999.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |title=L.A. Cremin, Historian on Education, Dies |date=September 5, 1990 |work=The Washington Post |publisher= {{Subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}|accessdate=8 December 2012}}</ref>
 
The book is treated as a failure by Sol Cohen and most reviewers. They argued it covers too much ground– all of cultural history– too thinly.<ref>Sol Cohen, "Lawrence A. Cremin: Hostage To History", ''Historical Studies in Education'' (1998) 10#1-2 pp 180-204.</ref>
 
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